"Upper, middle and lower three strategies?" Liu Bei was also a little stunned when he heard Lu Su's words, although he was good at employing people, but these military strategies were not what he was good at, and he hurriedly signaled Lu Su to make it clearer.

"If Cao Ying wields his army to take Jingxiang directly, it is the best policy. With the bravery of the tiger and leopard cavalry, if we fight a decisive battle with it in Nanyang, we will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and Cao Jun can continue to transfer troops from Guanzhong and Sizhou. If we were to fight, we would suffer heavy casualties; If you don't fight, you will give up Nanyang's heavy land, which is really a dilemma; If we stick to the counties of Hebei and Yanzhou, and wait for the Northern Expedition to attack again, it is the middle policy, after all, Cao Ying has a deep foundation and countless civil and military ministers, and if we attack hard, we may not be able to win; The next strategy is to lure us to Yanzhou and fight to the death with it. It must be known that although Yanzhou is south of the Yellow River, it is the place where Cao Ying made his fortune, with a deep foundation and the people's hearts. Now Cao Ying took the initiative to fight us in the wilderness, which is really unwise. Although the tiger and leopard cavalry is the elite of the world, it is better to fight with it than to storm Xuchang. Lu Su said slowly.

"That's right!" Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, and then said strangely: "Cao Ying knows the art of war, why do you exercise such an unwise plan?" ”

"There are two reasons!" Pang Tong on the side said: "First, if this plan is successful, it is enough to make the lord angry, Cao Ying takes advantage of the situation to go down to Jingxiang again, and even take Yuzhou and Xuzhou, it is a natural trend, this temptation is too great; The second is that Cao Ying didn't know the strength of the Jingxiang Water Division, and if he knew that General Gan could block the Yellow River, he would definitely not dare to lead the army south so recklessly. ”

"I see!" Liu Bei finally understood a little at this time, and he wanted to swallow himself in one bite, but he didn't expect to be supported. However, Pang Tong and Lu Su still missed one point, that is, after the loss of Longxi, Cao Ying urgently needed a victory to consolidate his rule. After all, the hearts of the people in Hebei are not completely attached to it now!

"Lord, General Gao is here!" This is Kou Feng, who served as the captain of Liu Bei's guard, hurriedly came to say, Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, and then hurriedly ordered Gao Shun to come over.

"My lord, the last general will lead three thousand soldiers from the camp to fight to the death with that tiger and leopard cavalry!" After Gao Shun finished the ceremony, he also took the initiative to explain his intention. Liu Bei was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "There are already Yun Chang and Wen Yuan here, so there is no need to fall into the camp." Moreover, although the trapped camp is brave, it is very disadvantageous to use infantry against cavalry in the wild! ”

"Lord!" Gao Shun hurriedly said: "Right now, we are waiting for a decisive battle with Cao Ying, if we can't annihilate it and the land of Henan, it will be too difficult to have such a fighter in the future." The last general's three thousand trapped camps are all elite soldiers who have been trained in Qingzhou for many years, and they are good at dealing with cavalry. Since the last general defected to the lord, he has not made a single contribution for ten years, but he has been loved by the lord, how can he rest assured! Moreover, the last general had a decisive battle with Cao Ying in Yanzhou more than ten years ago, and he was very familiar with this place. Now that Wen Yuan and Xuan Gao have joined the war, how can the last general stand by and watch? At present, the second general and the Cao army are in a difficult battle, and the last five thousand trapped in the camp will be able to defeat Cao Ying in one fell swoop! ”

looked at Gao Shun with a resolute face in front of him, and scenes of the past flashed from Liu Bei's mind. Twelve years ago, he entered Xuzhou, killed Lu Bu, pacified Yuzhou, sat in Jiangdong, recovered Jingxiang, and now has the land of six states. Thinking of this, Liu Bei also closed his eyes and said: "That is the case, Uncle Zhi, you lead Bai Er's elite soldiers to go with General Gao, and you must defeat Cao Ying in one fell swoop today!" ”

"Lord, the elite soldiers of Bai Er have the responsibility of protecting the lord, how can they leave lightly?" Sun Gan on the side was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly admonished. Liu Bei waved his hand and said with an indifferent smile: "This is Runan, and I can still go into the city to take refuge." Now that the war is critical, if Cao Ren can't be defeated in one fell swoop, it will be much trickier if Cao Ren from Liang County is allowed to join him! ”

"No!" When Chen Zhi and Gao Shun heard this, they both knew Liu Bei's determination to win this battle. At that moment, Chen Zhi ordered 3,000 Bai Er's elite soldiers, merged with Gao Shun's 3,000 trapped camps, and hurried to the battlefield more than ten miles away. These 6,000 people can be said to be the most elite military horses under Liu Bei's command, and if this strange army is taken out, if it can't be won again, Liu Bei won't be confused. In this operation, Liu Bei dispatched nearly 300,000 troops from Jingyang, Xu, Yuqing, and Qing Prefectures, but only Jiaozhou was not mobilized in a hurry because it was too far apart. Except for the Xuzhou army of 60,000 or 70,000 Wei Yan's troops used as a feint to contain them, the rest were basically confined to fighting in Yuzhou, as well as blocking the reinforcements and grain routes of the Yellow River and Hebei. Now Guan Yu and Zhang Liao and Cao Ying are fighting a decisive battle on the outskirts of Xuchang, Cao Ren and Zhang Jaw of Liang County led an army of nearly 100,000 and are preparing to come to support, and Zhang Fei and Gao Ran lead 60,000 Yangzhou troops, ready to rely on Yingshui to intercept. In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Liu Bei also asked Ji Ling and Wen Ping to lead 30,000 horses each, ready to support various places at any time.

Now that Chen Zhi and Gao Shun led the army to Xuchang to help in the war, it was up to them to see if they could swallow the hundreds of thousands of Cao Ying in Xuchang in one bite. Liu Bei was very worried in his heart, but his face was still silent. At this moment, Zhang Fei in the south sent someone to report that Cao Ren's army had arrived on the bank of Yingshui and was preparing to cross the river, and that he had collected all the nearby boats, so he would wait for Liu Bei to solve Cao Ying, and then join forces to eliminate Cao Ren together. Now the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou, Xuzhou and Yuzhou have almost been exhausted, and only the soldiers and horses of Yangjiao and the two states can still be mobilized. However, the Jiaozhou army is too far apart, and although the Yangzhou army still has 70,000 or 80,000, it still needs to leave some people to maintain local stability, and it is difficult to draw more troops. Without waiting for Liu Bei to solve Cao Ren, it was really difficult to draw a hand to deal with Cao Ren for a while.

"My lord, you can order General Wenpin and General Ji Ling to lead the army from Jiangxia and Lujiang respectively to cut off Cao Ren's return route!" Pang Tong suddenly admonished. The 60,000 people led by these two people are Liu Bei's last reserve at the bottom of the box, and Liu Bei is still a little hesitant whether to mobilize them.

"Lord, General Huo Jun led 40,000 Jiaozhou troops to help in the battle, and now the fleet has reached Baqiu!" At this moment, Fu Tong suddenly came to report in a hurry, and he was followed by a small colonel. Liu Bei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked, "How did Huo Zhongmiao come so quickly?" ”

"Shi Thorn Shi has already prepared ships, and General Huo did not take the land route, but led the army north by water, so it came quickly! In addition, there is also new grain harvested this year, which can also be shipped to Jingzhou soon! The colonel replied. Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately ordered Huo Jun to take over the defense of Ji Ling and Wen Ping, so that they could free up their hands so that they could cooperate with Zhang Fei to deal with Cao Ren first. "Cao Mengde, you shouldn't be able to hold it this time!" Looking at the direction of Xuchang, Liu Bei muttered. More than ten miles away, the sound of shouting and killing can still be heard.

"King Wei, it's the trapped camp and Bai Er's elite soldiers!" Looking at the elite soldiers killed in the distance, Jia Xu's always calm face was also a little moved. As a former strategist of the Xiliang Army, although he and Gao Shun have not met for more than ten years, Jia Xu's terrifying combat effectiveness against the trapped camp is still fresh in his memory. But as soon as Gao Shun's 3,000 trapped camp rushed to the battlefield, he immediately helped Zhang Liao to deal with Cao Hong's tiger and leopard cavalry. Cao Hong, who was originally on par with Zhang Liao, was obviously inferior after Gao Shun joined. This camp is the world's first elite soldier, although they are foot soldiers, but they are agile and flexible, one by one like elves on the battlefield. While dodging the enemy, the blade in your hand can always take the opponent's life. Every elite soldier who fell into the camp would be buried with at least two enemy soldiers riding tigers and leopards.

"Zhong Kang, quickly lead the Tiger Guard!" Cao Ying knew that now if he couldn't hold it first, he would lose everything, so he hurriedly ordered Xu Chu to lead his last ace Tiger Guard to go up to fight Gao Shun. Leaving only a few hundred people to protect Cao Ying and Jia Xu, Xu Chu himself led three thousand tiger guards to the front, ready to support Cao Hong.

"Where is Xu Chu going!" On the opposite side, a team of men and horses was killed, but the leader was Chen Dao. "White Elite Soldiers?" Although the battle of Peiguo was eight years ago, the unique appearance of Bai Er's elite soldiers still reminded Xu Chu of the Bai Er elite soldiers who were once under the leadership of Zhang Fei and almost killed Cao Ying when Peiguo was under the city.

"Although Bai Er's elite soldiers are here, but without Zhang Fei, how can you endure me!" Xu Chu smiled arrogantly, and led the army to intercept Chen Zhi to fight, and the Tiger Guards behind him followed. At the same time, after Zhang Liao received Gao Shun's help, he originally planned to do his best to exterminate Cao Hong's 5,000 tigers and leopards. But after a little look at the surrounding situation, Zhang Liao had a new idea.

Wielding a knife to kill another opponent, Zhang Liao took the time to say to Gao Shun, who came to support: "Old Gao, I can deal with it here, you go and help Xuan Gao kill the forbidden infantry!" ”

"What?" Gao Shun was also a little puzzled by Zhang Liao's suggestion. "Xuangao can handle it himself!" Gao Shun was a little inexplicable, after all, judging from the scene, Zang Ba was not a problem, on the contrary, he had a fairly obvious advantage. It is estimated that as long as the one-on-one continues to fight, Zang Ba will definitely win.

"It's because he can deal with it, if you go again, you can immediately solve the ban, and then free up your hands to help me enter the army, so that we will win today!" Zhang Liao said excitedly. That is, Zhang Liao, after such a long fierce battle, can still keep a clear head and understand how to pinch the soft persimmon first. Of course, Gao Shun is not a brainless person, but at first he wanted to compete with the tiger and leopard, so he came to help Zhang Liao. Now that we have a strategy that is more conducive to the overall situation, it is natural to be good.

"Be careful yourself!" Gao Shun only had time to greet Zhang Liao, and then ordered the trapped camp to reassemble, and led them to kill Zang Ba and Yu Ban's infantry in the melee. This elite army also became the last straw that crushed the big camel of Yu Ban. With the addition of the elite soldiers trapped in the camp, Yu Ban finally couldn't hold on, and the formation began to show signs of collapse. Yu Ban himself was besieged by Gao Shun and Zang Ba, and he gradually couldn't resist it, and began to retreat one after another.

"It's over!" Looking at Yu Ban's infantry formation, which had gradually begun to disperse, Jia Xu gently spit out these two words. Cao Ying, who was beside him, didn't know if he heard it, but his face was already gloomy and almost suffocating. And his eyes were still staring at Guan Yu who was fighting in the Jingzhou army's position.

(To be continued)